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Nagabhushan "Rao Machiraju" is an Indian American scientist and business executive, and holds 10 patents in information retrieval.

Background and career

He has an interdisciplinary educational background:

Ed.D in Instructional Technology'(Doctorate from University of Southern California).[1][2] He was an Executive in Residence and co-director of Center for Human Applied Reasoning and the Internet of Things, (Chariot) at the University of Southern California.[3]
Formerly he was a
CEO of reQall Inc., an MIT Media Lab spin off, a former advisor to Dimagi with Sandy Pentland,[4] and a NASA Research Partner.[5][6][7] He is also the co-founder of Magically Inc.,[8][9][10] N. Rao Machiraju, was a Principal Scientist at Apple Inc., heading various groups including The Advanced Technology Group (ATG) Learning Communities Laboratory.[11][12] Rao and his team have won the 1993 Optimas Award for Innovation and Excellence for Apple Inc.[13] Rao also was a co-founder of Magically Inc[14][15] and ConceptLabs.[16][17]

Rao worked on a number of research and development efforts in information retrieval, organizational memory, wrote a number of articles and also lectured extensively.[18][19] In 1996, the term "location sense" was coined by Rao Machiraju to refer to a capability of a device that can ascertain its location.[20] Rao was also on the editorial boards of Journal of Expert Systems and Journal of Telematics and Informatics as a Founding member. He was also on the Board of Councilors of National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center on Multi-Media Computing in (Integrated Media Systems Center) at the University of Southern California,[21][22] and served on the advisory board of Dimagi.com, an MIT Medialab spin off.[23] Rao also served as Chief Mentor for Ventura Technology Incubator.[24][25] He was also a faculty member at USC.[26] He is also a founding board member of the Don Norman Award.[27]

Research and publications

  • The ATG Learning Communities Laboratory - An Overview by N.Rao Machiraju.[28][29]
  • Apple's Education Research Agenda by N. Rao Machiraju.[30]
  • A study of the usage of an international computer communications network: its implications for distance education.[31][32]
  • Handheld computers for Rural Healthcare: Experiences in a Large Scale Implementation.[33][34][35][36]
  • Microcomputer-based informatics: some training considerations.[37]
  • Telematics and Informatics: An International Journal on Telecommunications & Information Technology.[38]
  • International informatics access '87.[39]

References

  1. ^ "Seminar on People Computers and Design, at Stanford university". Stanford University. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  2. ^ "reQall Team". reQall.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  3. ^ "New research center envisions the Internet of Things applied to personalized learning".
  4. ^ "reQall's CEO on 'reqallable in-car to help reduce distracted driving'". www.csun.edu. 14 September 2016.
  5. ^ "reQall Team". reQall.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  6. ^ "Spin-Offs; MIT Media Lab". Media.mit.edu. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  7. ^ "NASA Research Park". Researchpark.arc.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  8. ^ "Magically Inc. Executive Team". magically.com. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  9. ^ "Virtual Desktop for Mac users stores files via web". Magically Inc. Press Release. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  10. ^ Dunn, Ashley (1999-02-22). "'Webtop' Services for the Computer Commuter". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
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    . Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  12. ^ "1993 Innovation Optimas Award Profile: Apple Computer Inc" (PDF). Workforce.com. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  13. ^ "Innova Optimus award" (PDF). Implicity Learning. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  14. ^ "'Webtop' Services for the Computer Commuter". Los Angeles Times. 1999-02-22. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  15. ^ [1][dead link]
  16. ^ "IMSC Board of Councillors" (PDF). IMSC, University of Southern California. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  17. ^ "Insta-Firms: Just Add Dollars". Forbes.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2001. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  18. ^ "Seminar at Stanford university - Heat and Dust: Designing Solutions on the Other Side of the World". Stanford University. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  19. ^ "CSLI Calendar of events". CSLI, Stanford University. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  20. ^ "WorldBoard: What Comes After the WWW?". Service Science. 5 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
  21. ^ "IMSC begins new inititatives to transfer technology" (PDF). IMSC News. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  22. ^ "IMSC Board of Councillors, NSF Engineering Research Center" (PDF). Integrated Media Systems Center, University of Southern California. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  23. ^ "Dimagi Advisors". dimagi.com. Retrieved 2011-06-27.
  24. ^ "Former Apple scientist plans to open Ventura office". vcstar.com. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  25. ^ "Startup's founder helps to lead the way as Ventura Ventures Technology Center takes shape: Hatching ideas". TMCnet.com. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  26. ^ "Nagabhushan Machiraju". Press Room. 2017-04-19. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  27. ^ "Design for a Better World".
  28. S2CID 37126105
    . Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  29. S2CID 37126105
    . Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  30. ^ "Apple's Education Research Agenda by N. Rao Machiraju" (PDF). SySDOC. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  31. ^ Machiraju, Nagabhushan Rao (1987). A study of the usage of an international computer communications network: its implications for distance education (phd). ACM Digital Library. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  32. ^ Machiraju, Nagabhushan Rao (1987). A study of the usage of an international computer communications network: it's [sic] implications for distance education. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  33. ^ "Handheld computers for rural healthcare: Experiences from research concept to global operations" (PDF). nextlab.mit.edu. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  34. ^ "kaash.sourceforge.net" (PDF). kaash.sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  35. ^ "academic.research.microsoft.com". Microsoft.com. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  36. ^ "TierStore: A Distributed Filesystem for Challenged Networks in Developing Regions". usenix.org. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  37. doi:10.1016/S0736-5853(87)80033-3
    . Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  38. ^ Telematics and Informatics: An International Journal on Telecommunications & Information Technology. 1992. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
  39. ^ International informatics access '87. 1987. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
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